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12 Del. C. § 1105: Presumption of death.

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Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Descent and Distribution; Escheat
CHAPTER 11. Escheats
Subchapter I. Intestate Property

If any person is absent from the State for 7 consecutive years, and no evident proof is made of the person’s life in any hearing held under the foregoing provisions of this subchapter, the person shall be accounted dead.

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